Word: protagonists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Novelist Moravia (who anomalously gives his unschooled protagonist his own clarity of thought and narration) has peppered The Woman of Rome with flashes of wisdom that seem like borrowed pearls as simple Adriana threads them: "We never get clear, definite changes in life; and those who do make hurried changes risk seeing their old habits come to the fore once again, still alive and as deep-rooted as ever." Those who want to read universal meanings into this couch-worn tale will have to do it at the level of amorality where only the Adrianas of the world can move...
...Where Protagonist Joseph Knecht fits into this is not as clear as it might be. He comes & goes between long essays on music, philosophy, theology, the Game and the Order. He was an orphan, was chosen for one of the elite schools, joined the Order, spent two years in China trying to incorporate Chinese thought into the Game, was sent on a sort of exchange scholarship to a Benedictine monastery, and at 37 became the youngest Magister Ludi in the history of the Order. After reaching the greatest height of the Order, he left it, and tried to return...
Along with "White Heat" is "Counter Punch," the Metropolitan's latest Joe Palooka offering. If you enjoy watching a pair of windmills rabbit-punch each other interminably, this is for you. The protagonist of Ham Fisher's fair-haired comic strip is played by one Joe Kirkwood Jr., who says few words and keeps pretty much to himself. Mr. Kirkwood has recently been in court regarding the alleged paternity of a Worcester girl's small children, and his mindprobably was on other things when he made the movie...
...years in the Senate, Robert Wagner had indeed had his shining hours. As a driving, unspectacular protagonist of the New Deal, Wagner had sponsored such far-reaching social legislation as the Social Security Act, the U.S. Housing Act, the National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA), the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Wagner Labor Relations...
...faculty on the Spitzer incident was based entirely on this letter, Strand asks, "Why should a chemist bother to stir up controversy in the field of genetics? I can tell you. It is because he sees right down the party line without any noticeable deviation and is an active protagonist...